Ender 3 v2 Direct extruder advice

[Dhamonn]

Hi! I love your channel, it has helped me allot since i purchased my printer in November. I am looking at converting my ender 3 v2 to direct extrusion and cant really find a lot out there on what kit to use or what ones will actually work with the ender 3 v2. Any suggestions/advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[roon4660]

https://forum.drvax.com/forum/3d-pri...gging-problems They discuss this topic.

[Ender5r]

I converted my Ender 5 Pro to what I call semi-direct-drive. What I did was to make an aluminum plate to attach to the stock hotend plate. I then moved the extruder & its stepper motor to the new plate & connected it to the hotend with a very short length of Capricorn tubing. So far, it has worked well.

If I wanted to improve on this setup I would move to an all-in-one direct drive hotend. This is a hotend where the extruder & hotend are built as 1 unit. This helps reduce the distance from the extruder to the top of the hotend to almost nothing. There are a number of manufacturers of such units.

• https://www.matterhackers.com/store/...-5/sk/M3LCYRZ8
• https://www.dropeffect.com/
• https://hackaday.com/2020/11/05/a-fe...ss-of-its-own/
• https://3dprintbeginner.com/all-metal-bmg/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omXg...ature=emb_logo

[roon4660]

Chep says that the extra wight can cause problems. How do you feel? Is TPU easier to print?

[Ender5r]

Chep says that the extra wight can cause problems. How do you feel? Is TPU easier to print?

So far, mine is working OK.

[mochalatte]

This would be the one for the Ender 3 V2, right? https://www.matterhackers.com/store/...ty/sk/MDZMAR3N

[Ender5r]

This would be the one for the Ender 3 V2, right? https://www.matterhackers.com/store/...ty/sk/MDZMAR3N

The list near the bottom of the page says it's compatible.

[Dhamonn]

Thanks for your advice. Looks like I can get the micro Swiss that is compatible with the Ender 3 and just print out a new cover for the hotend.